The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has dismissed a viral video of heavy flooding which some online users claimed happened in Lekki, Lagos. The video showing cars struggling to pass after massive flood water gathered at the foot of a bridge made the rounds on social media on Monday…
An Uber driver who held a female passenger at knifepoint and r@ped her has been jailed for 16 years. According to Mail Online, Adam Daley, 33, picked up two women from outside a bar in Leicester city centre, UK after a night out. After dropping one of the passengers off, he ordered the other…
An 82-year-old North Carolina widow has shared her story of survival after being trapped in her bathtub for nine days following a severe fall. Joan Rivet managed to keep herself alive by using her foot to manipulate the bath faucet, splashing water toward her face to drink while awaiting rescue. The incident occurred on…
Nigeria lost N34 trillion, which represents 61 percent of the 2025 budget, to import waivers in the year 2025. The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, says the value of Import Duty Exemption Certificate (IDEC) approvals granted by the federal government for imported goods and equipment rose to N34 trillion in 2025. Adeniyi…
A Nigerian woman, Abuka Ojochide, has advised women against dating or marrying poor men. Ojochide doubled down on her apologetic stance in a Facebook post on Monday, July 13, 2026 despite her previous advice sparking backlash, with critics saying that wealth is not gender specific. While noting that the critics made salient points,…
US President Donald Trump formally notified lawmakers over the weekend that the United States has resumed active military operations against Iran, effectively restarting a controversial 60-day legal clock to deploy forces in the region without congressional consent according to a new report by Politico. In a letter to Congress dated July 10, Trump categorized the…
The Federal Government has completed logistical preparations for the final phase of its emergency evacuation program, with 315 stranded Nigerian nationals scheduled to return from South Africa on Wednesday, July 15. According to an official statement released on Tuesday by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, the returnees will be transported back to…
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has urged the Labour government to retain its proposed 10-year qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain (ILR), insisting that temporary work visas should not automatically lead to permanent settlement in Britain. Badenoch made the call in a post on her X handle while releasing a letter…
Yvonne Jegede has said that Nigerians are not worth fighting for. The actress took to her Instagram Stories to state that she gets attacked just for speaking against the ills in our country. She also appeared to respond to First Lady Remi Tinubu who urged popular stars like Davido and Burna Boy to help with…
The Nigerian military has dismissed claims made by a senior United States official that a “large haul” of electronic materials were seized from terrorists in Nigeria and flown out of the country by US forces. Refuting the claims, Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen Samalia Uba, explained that the materials contained declassified information from previous counter-terrorism…
